Who he is: McGregor owns the Birmingham Race Course and VictoryLand dog tracks. The affable McGregor is a self-made millionaire who in recent years has been a major contributor to Alabama political campaigns as he lobbied for gambling legislation.

McGregor installed thousands of electronic bingo machines at VictoryLand and built an adjacent glitzy hotel to house traveling gamblers. McGregor shut down the bingo operation after former Gov. Bob Riley threatened to raid the facility arguing the slot-machine look-alikes were illegal.

The charges: One count of conspiracy, six counts of federal program bribery, 11 counts of honest services mail and wire fraud.

The accusations: McGregor is accused of working with Country Crossing owner Ronnie Gilley and others to offer legislators lucrative jobs, campaign contributions and other campaign assistance if they would vote yes for a gambling bill in 2010. "Whatever it takes for Larry (Means) to come back, that's what we gonna do. That's the bottom line," McGregor says in one of the wiretapped conversations.